Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Mercer University

If you plan to study adult health nurse/nursing, take a look at what Mercer University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Adult Health Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Mercer Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Adult Health Nursing

Mercer Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in adult health nursing, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Adult Health Nursing Student Demographics at Mercer

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the adult health nursing majors at Mercer University.

Mercer Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of adult health nursing master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in adult health nursing each year. Mercer does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the adult health nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a master's in adult health nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Nursing Science
• Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
• Registered Nursing

Careers That Adult Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in adult health nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Mercer University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Nurse Practitioners	6,110	$106,750
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,130	$71,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Korea2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.